A method for implementing notifications. The method includes storing data defining notification operations in a memory. The data defining notification operations include a hierarchy of Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs) and Extensible Markup Language (XML) document schema defining XML documents. The method further includes receiving a notification command including an URI and a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) method; determining a notification operation based on the data defining notification operations stored in the memory and the notification command received; and executing the notification operation based on the notification command.